Email validation in C++

Question

Okay so I'm trying to make a program which allows user to input their email. Their email will be considered valid if two stipulations are met: A. there must be an "@" sign somewhere in there and B. there must be a period after the "@". I got the code down for the most part, but I am having some difficulty when it comes to validating emails that have a period before the "@" sign. If they have the period before the "@" sign they are considered valid, but they shouldn't be. For example, entering text.example@randomcom is considered valid.

Can anyone help me figure out what I did wrong? Thank you in advance!

#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int x = 25; //random size enough to hold contents of array plus one for               null terminator
    char input[x]; //array to hold input
    int sizeOf; //holds length of input array
    char* ptr = nullptr; //pointer
    char* ptr2 = nullptr; //pointer

    cout << "Enter your email address\n";
    cin.getline(input,x);
    sizeOf = strlen(input);

    for(int i = 0; i < sizeOf; i++)
    {
        ptr= strstr(input, "@"); //searches input array for "@" string
        if(ptr != nullptr) 
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    for(int i = 0; i < sizeOf; i++)
    {
        ptr2 = strstr(input, "."); //searches input array for "." string
        if(ptr2 != nullptr && &ptr2 > &ptr)
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    if(ptr != nullptr) //validates input of "@" sign
    {
        if(ptr2 != 0 && &ptr2 < &ptr) 
            {
                cout << "Email accepted.\n";
            }

        else
            {
                cout << "Missing . symbol after @\n";
            }
    }

    else
    {
        cout << "Missing @ symbol\n";
    }



return 0;
}

Answer 1

Why not use regex?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <regex>

bool is_email_valid(const std::string& email)
{
   // define a regular expression
   const std::regex pattern
      ("(\\w+)(\\.|_)?(\\w*)@(\\w+)(\\.(\\w+))+");

   // try to match the string with the regular expression
   return std::regex_match(email, pattern);
}

int main()
{
    std::string email1 = "text.example@randomcom";

    std::cout << email1 << " : " << (is_email_valid(email1) ?
      "valid" : "invalid") << std::endl;
}

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/regex

Answer 2

static bool IsEmailAddress(const std::string& str)
{
    // Locate '@'
    auto at = std::find(str.begin(), str.end(), '@');
    // Locate '.' after '@'
    auto dot = std::find(at, str.end(), '.');
    // make sure both characters are present
    return (at != str.end()) && (dot != str.end());
}